audiphone

[ aw-duh-fohn ]

/ ˈɔ dəˌfoʊn /

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noun Medicine/Medical.

a kind of diaphragm held against the upper teeth to assist hearing by transmitting sound vibrations to the auditory nerve.

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Origin of audiphone

1875–80, Americanism;audi(o)- + -phone, modeled on telephone

Words nearby audiphone

audio response unit, audiotape, audiotypist, audiovisual, audiovisual aids, audiphone, audism, audist, audit, Audit Bureau of Circulation, audition

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How to use audiphone in a sentence

So that was what Perona had told him over the audiphone just before our noonday meal?
Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930|Various
Grantline's voice in my audiphone broke my despairing rush of thoughts.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930|Various
His voice sounded from the tiny audiphone grid within my helmet.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings
I gathered up my little audiphone, thrust it under my dark flowing cloak.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings

We had passed a small lighted audiphone cubby, evidently the one from which Dud and Shac had paged us.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings

British Dictionary definitions for audiphone

audiphone

/ (ˈɔːdɪˌfəʊn) /

noun

a type of hearing aid consisting of a diaphragm that, when placed against the upper teeth, conveys sound vibrations to the inner ear

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